Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-05-28

| complaint made by our llIurou country man, to Consul GroseclOse at NOgales:
 SAHUARIPA, Sonora. Mex,
 May 4ih. 1887.
 To the United States Consular Agent, al
 Nogales, Mexico:
 SR:-In demand of justice and 1T compliance tO what I said ID my former complaint, hereby set forth my arrest and imprisonment, detailed in full signed by together with myselD re sponsible resident citizens of this place in full action of their rights:-
 am a single man and have not ac- quired any real estate property or served this sOycrnmens officially. On the ninth day of May, 4. D., ISSj, I crossed the line into this country. At Nogsles Sonora, registered as an American born citizen Rad took out certificate as such. Since that time I have engaged myself Tn prospecting, mining, etc. nOt having had fixed place of residence for more than four months at any time,
 On Sunday morning the 2jth day of April, uit., (day of state electiOn) as ] vas walking by the office of the Pr-fec! of the dIstrIc., DorltO TreyillO, (the pre- fect) stopped me and asked me to vote for him. 1 told him that l could not as had no right tO vote ID this coun- try, but he persisted, saying that II made no dIil even If l was for eigner. that | could vote any way, where upon l told him, once for all, that I could not. This emphatic answer made him anRry, ca be immediately ordered me tO take a car,binc and Rcs ss patrol or national guard. refused to do SO. telling him. with due respect, that I was stranger ID the town, citizen of the United States of America, therefore not obliged Co perform such duties; that there was 70 revolt, disturbance. Inva- sion or tumult of any kind, whereby my services made necessary; furthermore, that ithere were hundreds of resident citizens; that 1 had my certifcaste oi American cIsizenship, handing It at the same time to him. He took It in his hard, looked at 1t, and handed i. back tO ne, saying that he did not care if I was a sub!ec, of the United States that be was ruler here. and that I had to vote for him, act Hs national guard or go to !iil ID spite 0t my whole country. l told him that 1 could not vote. and was not obliged tO act ss national guard by the laws Uf this country. He then ordered me to jail, where lay elObt days not only without having had A cent or mOuthful of food from tbe authorities during the time, but I was not even allowed to send one of the iail guards to get me something to eat.
 The second day of my confinement I sent word to the preiect by the corporal of the jail guards asking him perrnis. sion to go out under guard and get some food. Gs there was no eating houses of any kind here. He replied that fl l had nobody to furnish me with board l could siarye, that it was noth- ing Go him. Believe me, sir, had i. not been for the charitable hospitality of these people l would have undoubtedly perished.
 After seven days of suffering in a filthy dungeon. l was notified by inc corporal of the Iail guards that the pre- feet had ordered him to draft me as A national guard the next day and serve under his instructions. The next day came, and l was ordered to take an arm and go on duty ss national guard: this l hgaIn refused to do, setting forth my reasons, ss the first time, for not do- ing what 1 was not required to do by the laws of the country. The corporal after seeing that was not inclined to obey his order went and had a talk with the prefect, who ordered me to his office, where be asked me if the corporal had said anything to me. I told him what the corporal said to ns that morn ing and the day before. After Keeping me in his office about half a day iu- me that l could go away.
 g Now, MT. Consul, in the name of ius- tice, and as a citizen of the United States of America. who has been wan ionly wronged and imposed upon by the preteet of this district, Loreto